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CREATING LASTING CHANGE, AT A TIME
One Donation
Donating blood is an act that has a powerful influence on what the future holds. Each donation is a supply of life-saving treatments for patients with serious illnesses, patients in surgery, and patients who have been severely injured and need emergency treatments. Donors not only give blood, but a future where no one faces the uncertainty of not receiving the care they need.
Meet Merritt:
• Merritt was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma at 1 year old
• She stayed strong through months of treatments and three surgeries
• Twice, she required a blood transfusion to boost her blood counts and allow her little body to continue fighting
• Merritt is now cancer free, thanks to blood donors like you
Scan the QR code or visit oneblood.org/merritt to learn about her story.
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Empowering Tomorrow’s Hope
This September, take the opportunity to make a life-saving blood donation and show your unwavering support for childhood cancer awareness. As a thank you, you’ll receive this special t-shirt, proudly displaying your commitment to this important cause.
AWARENES
Look out for local PARTNERSHIPS during the year.
OneBlood is proud to collaborate with both national and local partners year-round. Check out our featured partners, and visit our website to find blood drives in your area.
The Bandage
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[ban•dage | ‘ban-dij]
Definition of bandage
1 : More than a simple dressing, a badge of honor to commemorate a selfless act.
2 : The perfect donor accessory, as fashionable as it is functional.
Make sure to follow our Donor Definitions series throughtout the year.
Follow your lifesaving donation as it reaches one of our region’s hospitals! After you donate, you will receive a notification when your donation is delivered to a patient in need.
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What happens after I donate?
Your blood donation is the beginning of a lifesaving process. OneBlood wants you to know what happens after you donate.
MESSAGE MY DONOR
Connecting Donors and Patients
OneBlood’s Message My Donor program allows patients to send an anonymous message to the donor of the blood products they receive.
MYMESSAGEDONOR
Say thank you!
TAKEME HOME!
Hi. I am sending you this message because I was the one that was given blood during my stay at the hospital. I really appreciate that you took the time to donate your blood you really don’t know how much that means to me. Thank you so much!! I am in tears because you saved my life, by donating your blood I was able to go home to my one and only child my little princess.
Thank you for your blood donation. I am anemic and my hemoglobin level is at 4, the doctors told me I should at least be at 8 or higher. I am honestly beyond grateful for the blood and appreciate your donation once again. God bless and thank you!!!
Thank you for giving blood. It is going to my husband, he is an 83-year-old retired judge with MDS, a rare blood cancer. You literally make him a new man when he gets red blood cells, thank you so very much. It is such a blessing to have giving people like you in the world – a grateful wife.
Thank you so much for your generous donation. I am a cardiovascular ICU nurse and your blood was able to help a patient on ECMO! This is the highest level of life support that can be offered and giving blood to this patient helped stabilize them overnight. Since my patient is unable to thank you, I just wanted to let you know the huge difference that you are making in critically sick patients every day. Thank you so very much for your time and selflessness.
For some donors, the journey will continue when they receive a message from the recipient of their donation.
Thanks to your blood my mom was able to live long enough to say goodbye to her family.While she got a bad and unexpected diagnosis to explain her blood loss, the lifesaving donation allowed us to be with her just a bit more. She’s currently in hospice care and will be able to see the rest of her family before she passes away peacefully. Thank you.You have no idea how much this extra precious time has meant to us.
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Better Tomorrow Begins Together.
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